The grander of London's two major opera houses, Covent Garden [as it is commonly known] attracts international...
Central London · Covent Garden, London
Opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain (a welcomed and needed postwar cultural redevelopment), the Royal...
Central London · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London
A mecca for lovers of dance, Sadler's Wells is where you'll find the cream of British and international talent, from...
Central London · Rosebery Avenue, Islington, London
London's ever-so-slightly less prestigious opera institution might not attract as many high-profile...
Central London · London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London
England's consummately civilised opera experience is a special affair involving an hour-long train journey south of...
Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex
A classical-music training ground since 1822, the Royal Academy of Music took on jazz and musical theatre in the...
Central London · Marylebone Road, London
Namechecked by the Beatles in 1967 ("A Day in the Life"), the resplendent Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen...
West London · Kensington Gore, Knightsbridge, London
The acoustically superior neighbour of Southbank Centre matriarch the Royal Festival Hall (1951), this two-hall 1967...
Central London · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London
A gay-informed, ultra-creative arts project in an airy, refurbished Georgian house in east London's Mile End,...
East London · 439 Mile End Rd, London